From: Cricketislife! ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: Dilip Sardesai : Most outstanding cricketer from Goa This is the only article in this thread View: Original Format Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket Date: 2003-08-19 23:05:35 PST
'..With Vijay Merchant I did have my differences. In fact, when Vijay Merchant was the chairman of the selection committee, he didn�t include me in the Indian side in 1969 despite my, what everybody thought, grand innings in the Irani Cup match -- Bombay versus The Rest of India. The Rest of India had an excellent attack. They had our famous spinning trio. That decision of Vijay Merchant cost me two years of Test cricket. But then, he selected you for the West Indies tour of 1971. That he had to do because I got consistently good scores before that Caribbean tour in our domestic cricket. So they had to select me. Moreover, Ajit Wadekar also wanted me to be in the touring side. Vijay Merchant was all praise for you following your heroics on that Caribbean tour. I remember, he would describe you as the �Renaissance man of Indian cricket.� Yes I am aware of that. But he didn�t congratulate me personally. Anyway, I don�t want to say anything more on that. Tell me something about that salvage operation you carried out along with Eknath Solkar in the Jamaica Test after India had lost wickets in a heap soon after the start of the innings. To read more click http://www.goacom.com/goatoday/2001/jun/interview.html CiL Pretty forthright interview, talks about Murali, and calls Wadekar a lucky captain. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Goa+%2B+India&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=0h36kvcosoik3sbn3erom00i9t7q6j7jid%404ax.com&rnum=2 -- ***************************** Frederick Noronha Journalist Ph 832.2409490 or 2409783 784 Near Convent, Sonarbhat PO Saligao 403511 GOA INDIA ***************************** -- ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
